Richard Thomas Casey

Bear Stearns Asset Management Ltd. (BSAM) is an investment management firm located in London. They are a subsidiary of the London-based Bear Stearns International Ltd. In 2008 the Bear Stearns group was acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). BSAM manages a diverse range of products including equity and fixed-income separate accounts, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds, as well as the Cayman-domiciled Bear Stearns Global Growth Master Fund. Their clients are institutions and high-net worth individuals. They also manage

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Emerging Sovereign Group LLC (ESG) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager founded in 2002. The firm is a subsidiary of Emerging Sovereign Group Partners LP and their ultimate parent is the Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG). Headquartered in New York City, provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to clients which are primarily commingled investment vehicles intended for high net-worth, financially sophisticated individual and institutional investors. On occasion, they may also provide investment advisory services certain separately managed account clients.